


He has won a Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. At the peak of his career in the late 1990s, Prashanth was one of the Popular actors in South India. besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Prashanth owns a multi-storeyed jewellery mart in Panagal Park.Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor and businessman, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He studied in Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School, in Chetpet. Thiagarajan, also producer and film director. His first intention was to be a doctor, but finally he decided to be an actor, like his father T. He completed his 12th grade and was enlisted in two medical colleges. He studied Computer Graphics and Multimedia and went to Trinity College of Music in London before embarking on an acting career. He is the son of actor Thiagarajan and director in Tamil films while his maternal grandfather, Peketi Sivaram, was an actor and an acclaimed director of Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. Prashanth was born on 6 April 1973 in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

By the 2000s, he had been successful in films such as Parthen Rasithen (2000), Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001), Chocolate (2001), Majunu (2001), Thamizh (2002), Virumbugiren (2002), Winner (2003) and Shock (2004). The success of the film saw him garner opportunities to work in bigger film projects and in the late 1990s, he featured in a series of profitable films such as Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998), Kaadhal Kavithai (1998) and Jodi (1999). Prashanth rose to stardom with Shankar's blockbuster romantic comedy Jeans (1998) in which he played a dual role alongside Aishwarya Rai. Selvamani's Chembaruthi (1992) and Mani Ratnam's action-comedy Thiruda Thiruda (1993). The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in Vaigasi Poranthachu (1990) and went on to feature in other films including Ajayan's Perumthachan (1991), Balu Mahendra's Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992), R. He has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films.

Prashanth (born on 6 April 1973) is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema.
